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Each of the requirements described in this document must be considered in the design of a national healthcare identification system.  We maintain that these requirements must be addressed regardless of what implementation strategy is chosen for the final deployment of a unique healthcare identifier.  For that reason, the analysis of each issue attempts to focus on the requirements to solve that issue rather than the solution that is incorporated into any particular solution.  Additional information concerning the specific GPII solution is provided by the references.

When the original IOM report was published there was outrage that the equivalent of passenger jets falling from the sky was being ignored by the healthcare industry. 

Many medical errors originate with patient misidentification. Isn't it time we stopped hiding this problem and implemented a solution?

From Becker's Hospital Review:

Once an individual’s identity has been compromised there is no mechanism in place to restore that person’s identity to wholeness.  This document discusses why that strategic deficiency is no longer acceptable.  It describes what is necessary to rectify this omission and provides an example of how this can be accomplished.

This article published by Xtelligent Media suggests increasing optimism for a National Patient Identifier.

See the full article at http://healthitinteroperability.com/news/why-optimism-is-building-for-national-patient-identifier

In a recent blog, John Halamka outlined his next steps for the National Healthcare agenda.

In addition to calling for the establishment of a National Patient Identifier, John also makes some interesting suggestions regarding the alignment of patient privacy laws across the country.

See John's complete article at http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/2017/03/next-steps-for-national-healthcare-it.html

GPII has entered the CHIME Challenge.  We offer a completely open solution that affords many other companies an opportunity to work with us.  Our submission for the Concept Blitz Phase will be made available to interested parties when permitted by the Challenge.

The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on 6/10/2015.  The topic was Health Information Exchange: A Path Towards Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care for Patients.  This press release from CHIME reports on the need for accurate patient identification.  CHIME press release 6/10/2015.

It is time for a new way to link patients to their health records

Very interesting article from the New York Times on the use of Social Security Numbers in healthcare.

Russ Branzell, CEO of CHIME, weighs in

Healthcare IT News reports on Branzell telling the AHIMA convention "There are so many opportunities.  There are so many things that we need clarity on in our industry. It's very difficult, whether that be interoperability or clear standards".